The only actual text on the pages of this site seems to be "© Shadid Lewis Multimedia Design." I would copy and paste the summary from the designer's web site (http://www.shadidlewis.com/design.html) but it's of course a Flash document from which I can't select or copy text. So let me type it out: "I am a Boston-based multimedia artist, design, and educator working extensively with print media, interactive web design, animation, video production, and sound design. As a classically trained pianist and vocalist, I strive to bring harmony, beauty, and clarity to all work. My foremost concern is meeting client design needs efficiently with simplicity and excellence."

(Please note that I did not capture the double spaces after each full stop, an irritating typographic blunder.)

I have got to ask you, Shadid Lewis Multimedia Design, why oh why did you decide to realize a web site filled with text as a series of images? And why did you choose Orator as a body typeface? Was there no less readable, small-caps-using face available on your computers? (I had to use Orator extensively when I was working at CDNOW, and it scarred me.)

Does this project meet your client needs efficiently with simplicity and excellence? Does the inability of any search engine to index this site represent excellence? Does the choice of a face that resists reading when used as a small text face represent excellence?

My wailing on this design may seem cruel and unnecessary, but as designers we have a professional obligation to our clients and—dare I risk sounding ridiculous—to society and humanity as a whole to do good work, and this is an exemplar of monumentally poor web design, and it deserves to be called out.

Thanks to Peter Woit for his post on Not Even Wrong (http://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=2924) for calling attention of this site.